Test 5 · ★ · Parrots: talkers, nutcrackers and long lives

«gonna buy a big parrot when im 50, it'll be fine» What should someone think about?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, someone · What happens: buy, be, think about · To what, where: big parrot · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 206 «Parrots: talkers, nutcrackers and long lives» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 buy	punct
2	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	3 buy	dep
3	buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 parrot	det
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 parrot	amod
6	parrot	parrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 buy	obj
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 im	advmod
8	im	im	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 50	amod
9	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 buy	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 fine	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 fine	expl
12	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 fine	aux
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 fine	cop
14	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 buy	conj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 fine	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 think	obj
17	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 think	aux
18	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	19 think	nsubj
19	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 fine	parataxis
20	about	about	ADP	_	19 think	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 buy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	buy in a quote	imperative	you not said here	a big parrot	im 50 obl	vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parrot=Theme
2	is in a quote	future	you not said here		fine property	tree rules
3	think about speech: other	should	someone			vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

Parrots need no care when owners get old

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parrots	parrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 need	nsubj
2	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 care	det
4	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 need	obj
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 get	advmod
6	owners	owner	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 get	nsubj
7	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 need	advcl
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Parrots	no care					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot care=Theme
2	get	present	owners					old property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Big parrots are fine left alone all day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 parrots	amod
2	parrots	parrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 left	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 left	aux:pass
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 left	amod
5	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 left	xcomp
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present · passive		Big parrots			day	alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The parrot may live over sixty years and outlive the owner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 parrot	det
2	parrot	parrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 live	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 live	aux
4	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 years	case
6	sixty	sixty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 years	nummod
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 live	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 outlive	cc
9	outlive	outlive	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 live	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 owner	det
11	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 outlive	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	may	the parrot				year		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	outlive	present	the parrot not said here	the owner					tree rules

Option 4

Parrots live only a year or two

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parrots	parrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 live	nsubj
2	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 year	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 year	det
5	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 live	obl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 two	cc
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 year	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	Parrots				year		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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